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` o. E. BRIGGS;

BRACKET SEAT.

` Patented Apf-.14-,f-18854;

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hull W/ll' vUNiTED l STATES? osonn` n. Beides, oF'BiNeHnMToN, NEW YORK, Assienon on ftrwolrriinns j jfro Gnononriutn ANDALEXANDER D. WALES.

BRAC KET-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,598, dated April 14, 1885.

Application filed May Q6, 1884.

, To @ZZ whom, it may concer/L: Be it known that I, OsoAR E. Barcos, a citizen of the United States, residingat Binghamton, in the county of Broome and State of New l5 York, have invented certain new and useful y. Improvements in Bracket-Seats; and I do j hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawg ings, and to letters or gures of reference `marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

4Similar letters referto similar parts through- `out the several views. The object of my invention is to provide a bracket for a seat, table, shelf, or other purpose Where a folding bracket is desirable, which will carry any reasonable load which can be placed upon it when adjusted in its proper position, and when not wanted in use folds away against the Wall to which it is attached, and does not project from the wall 25 sufficiently to be unsightly or in the way when the room is desired for other purposes. The drawings which accompany this application simply represent it when in use for a seat. I do not, however, limit myself to its use for any single purpose, but claim the combination of devices here shown and described for any use or purpose to which it is applicable. In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation showing the invention as attached 35 to the wall, and with a stool on the upper bar. The dotted lines in Fig. l show the position of the bars when partially folded, preparatory to closing up, showing where the different breaks take place when folded. Fig. 2 isa 4o perspective showing the device with the stool shown on Fig. 1 open, to form a back to the seat. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the hinge which connects the two sections of the upper bar, with the catch to hold the hinge iu place 5 and prevent the bracket from yielding when weight is placed on the upper bar.

In these different views' A is the plate, which is fastened to the wall or standard; B, the shorter part of the upper or horizontal 5o bar; C, the longer part of this horizontal bar;

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D and E, the two sections of the lower bar which runs diagonally from the lower end of the plate A to the outer end of the bar C, forming a support for the horizontal bar B C. F

is a brace between the bar E and the joint between the bars B and G.V G is the stool which is used on the bracket when used for the pur poses of a stool.

The bar C is made, preferably, with beveled edges, widest upon the upper side, and in con- 6o` nection with ribs attached to the bottom of the y stool G, fitting to the beveled edges of the bar C, forms a dovetail, so that the stool G, or whatever attachment may be used in place of it can be moved back and forth on the bar C o 5 i as desired when in use, and moved up to the joint between C and B when the bracket is to be folded up. On the plate A are projecting hinge-j oints to receive the correspondin g j oints on the bars B and E. At or near the center of -7o the bar E is a hinge-joint to receive the brace F, which also couples atthe joint between B l and C, thus preserving always the same distance between this joint and the middle of the bar E. In the joint between B and C the 75` joint attached to the bar C is made with a lip` projecting backward, as shown at H,.Fig. 3, and the bar B is cut away to allow thislip to turn where the vacant space is shown, Fig. 3.

On the bottom of the bar B is a sliding bolt, 8o

I, with spiral spring to throw it forward and keep it in place when in use, and passing i down. through the bar B is a button-headed rivet with a head on the top of the bar B, and

the lower end of the rivet fastened in the bolt 8 5 I, and a slot in the bar B in which the body f of the rivet travels. It will readily be seen that when this bolt I is thrown forward in place the joint between B and G will not rise, and that it rigidly holds the bar F. It is also 9o .obvious that the joint between Dand E will or shelf against the wall or other surface to roo PATENT OFFICEfS i which it is attached, the button J' is pushed back, thus moving the bolt I backward and disengaging it from the jaw II, by which the joint between the bars B and C is released, when a slight pressure upon the outer end of the bar C breaks this joint upward, the bars D, E, and F folding in, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. l, a continued pressure folding the whole up against the plate A, making simply a dat surface against the wall.

Vhen it is desired for use, it is only necessary to take hold of the stool or Whatever may be attached to the bar C and lift upward and outward, when the bars drop into position, as shown in Figs. l and 2, the bolt I is thrown forward by the spring, fastening over the jaw H, and the bracket is at once rigid.

Vhen a table is to be substituted for a seat, two ofthe brackets can be used, thus forming a strong and steady support for it.

The bracket can be made of any desirable metal, either iron or brass, cast or cut from plate metal, as may be found most desirable and economical in use.

Having thus described my invention and the method of its construction and operation, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y.

A bracket consisting of a plate to fasten to a wall or standard, with a jointed horizontal bar hinged to the plate at or near the top, in combination with a'jointed diagonal bar pivoted to the lower end of the wall-plate and outer end of the horizontal bar, a brace hetween the diagonal bar and the joint in the horizontal bar, a sliding bolt mounted-on the horizontal bar to lock the same in an extended position, and a seat mounted on the outer end of said horizontal bar, all substantially as shown and described. c .e

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR BRIGGS.

.Vitncsses:

A. V. TALLMON, A. L. PINE.

crreuon 'in Leners Patent A No. 315,598.

g` 1t is herebr certified that in Letters Patent No. 315,598,7granted April 14, 1885, upon ,the application of Oscar E. Briggs, of Binghamton, New York, for an improvement in @Bracket-Seats, the name of one of the assignees was ineorreetly Written and printed George Huil, Whereas it should have been GeorgeV E. Hall,- and that the proper eorreetion has been made in the flies and records pertaining to the oase in the Patent Office, and should be read in the Letters Patent that the same may conform thereto. Signed, countersigned, and sealed this 5th day of May, A. D. 1885. I

` [SEAL] H. L. MULDROW,

`Gountersigned:

M. V. MoNrGoMERY,

Commissioner of Patents.

Acting Secretary of the Interior. 

